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Tokyo hotel has a special room just for Gundam Gunpla plastic model builders【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Aug 27, 2025
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Anime-themed room has everything you need to build a Gundam model, including free kits.

Japan
(anime • COK • cool • Gundam • Gundam models • Gunpla • hotels • manga • mecha • models • robots • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Beautiful unofficial Ghibli village in a Japanese forest is a magical place to spend an afternoon

Casey Baseel
Aug 27, 2025

Nukumori no Mori feels like a fantasy world and predates Ghibli Park by decades.

Japan
(beautiful • cute • nature • Nukumori no Mori • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Kyoto’s new Kuromi train is latest part of Sanrio star’s plan to Kuromify the world【Pics】

Casey Baseel
Aug 25, 2025

Kuromi and the Seven Princesses of Tango want to take you deeper into Kyoto Prefecture than just Kyoto City.

Japan
(COK • cute • Kuromi • Kyoto • Kyoto Prefecture • Sanrio • tourism • trains • travel)

The number of tourists was declining in this Japanese city, but Ono is now making its comeback

Elliot Hale
Aug 24, 2025

Bouncing back after a natural disaster, Ono showcases the charm of its floating castle, pristine springs, and soy sauce gelato.

Japan
(castles • COK • culture • Fukui • fukui prefecture • history • Japan travel • Ono • Shichiken-dori • SNJO • spring water • Tasuku Egawa • tourism • travel)

A visit to the birthplace of Kobe’s other famous food, sobameshi, to try it bokkake-style

Casey Baseel
Aug 14, 2025

The giant robot statue wasn’t the only surprise on our trip to Kobe neighborhood where its famous everyday dish that isn’t Kobe beef got its start.

Japan
(COK • food • Kobe • Noodles • SNJO • soba • sobameshi • tourism • travel)

Sanrio’s Kuromi Kuromifies high tea with Kuromi Afternoon Tea Party in Japan【Photos】

SoraNews24
Aug 13, 2025

We get classy and cute on a trip to Tohoku to try Kuromi’s take on afternoon tea.

Japan
(afternoon tea • cafes • COK • cute • hotels • Kuromi • restaurants • Sanrio • Sendai • SNJO • sweets • tea • tourism • travel • Westin • zunda)

Foreign population in Japan hits record high as Japanese population falls to record low

Oona McGee
Aug 13, 2025

The face of Japanese society is rapidly changing.

Japan
(COK • foreigners in Japan • society • survey • tourism • travel)

Japanese travelers losing interest in Kyoto, top sightseeing spots slip behind Nara at peak season

Casey Baseel
Aug 6, 2025

Kyoto may be the historical heart of traditional Japanese culture, but current conditions are making it a less attractive placer for locals to visit.

Japan
(Kyoto • Nara • overtourism • society • tourism • travel)

Tokyo train stations giving out awesome giant Pokémon cards, but you’ll want to hurry

Casey Baseel
Aug 1, 2025

JR East’s easy-to-complete Pokémon stamp rally can only last as long as its card supply does.

Japan
(anime • East Japan Railway Company • JR East • manga • Pikachu • Pokemon • SNJO • stamp rallies • stamp rally • stations • tourism • trains • travel • video games)

The 8 most annoying things people do on Japanese trains, according to local commuters

Oona McGee
Aug 1, 2025

In a country renowned for good manners, these are the train etiquette rules to watch out for.

Japan
(COK • etiquette • Japanese trains • manners • society • subways • tourism • train etiquette • train manners • train travel • trains • travel)

Brand-new theme park in Japan charges foreign tourists 25 percent more than locals for tickets

Casey Baseel
Jul 31, 2025

Welcome, to two-tier pricing park!

Japan
(Amusement Parks • dinosaurs • foreigners in Japan • Junglia • Junglia Okinawa • Okinawa • outdoors • overtourism • society • theme parks • tourism • travel • two-tiered pricing)

Japanese airline now has an onboard gacha capsule toy machine

Casey Baseel
Jul 29, 2025

You may have said goodbye to Japan, but you don’t have to say goodbye to capsule toys just yet.

Japan
(AirJapan • airlines • Airplane Gacha • airplanes • ANA • capsule toys • cool • crazy • gacha • tourism • travel • weird)

Getting off the beaten Kyoto temple path and onto a mossy one with the Kyoto Moss Tour Passport

Casey Baseel
Jul 26, 2025

New pass gets you access to six beautiful moss temples that aren’t that Moss Temple.

Japan
(Arashiyama • beautiful • COK • gardens • Jojakkoji • Jojakkoji Temple • Kyoto • moss • moss temple • SNJO • temples • tourism • travel)

Towering lanterns light up the summer sky at Akita’s famous festival

Elliot Hale
Jul 25, 2025

Watch performers balance spectacular lantern poles on their chins in an unforgettable summer festival.

Japan
(Akita • Akita Prefecture • COK • culture • festivals • Kanto festival • lanterns • Matsuri • summer festivals • Three Great Tohoku Festivals • Tohoku • tourism • travel)

Tokyo hotel creates Evangelion rooms and Evangelion lounges for fans to mingle in【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Jul 24, 2025

Ikebukuro hotel and anime series are both celebrating milestones this year.

Japan
(anime • COK • Evangelion • hotels • Ikebukuro • manga • Prince Hotels • Sunshine City • tourism • travel)

Foreign resident of Japan starts work as city’s first-ever non-Japanese rickshaw puller【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Jul 24, 2025

Trilingual guide spreading love for one of Japan’s most beautiful historical towns.

Japan
(COK • foreigners in Japan • Ishikawa • Kanazawa • rickshaw • tourism • travel)

For the ladies – An awesomely authentic old-school capsule hotel that accepts female travelers

Casey Baseel
Jul 22, 2025

Our experience traveler/capsule hotel newbie spends a night at Apaiser.

Japan
(capsule hotels • hotels • Ikuna Kamezawa • Nagoya • SNJO • tourism • travel)

These are Osaka’s three best digital rail passes for travelers

Casey Baseel
Jul 21, 2025

Unlimited subway rides, free admission to some of the city’s best sightseeing spots, and no paper ticket you need to pick up at a service counter.